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Originally Posted by Michael W. Harris
I understand, but for many of us the mental illness causes problems in our personal relationships and at work. I have been alone for most of my life because the mental illness created problems with intimacy for me. It was the communication problems that caused this. If people knew that I was abused as a child and this caused me to switch into these other states and act out of character (misbehave so-to-speak) they would have been more forgiving. But since no one knew that I had this mental illness they are not forgiving if you act ugly.
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Oh I didnt mean to indicate it hasnt caused me great amounts of problems much more than I ever care to recount. But fortunately or unfortunately I was "thrown into the system" at a very early age and until 6 years ago was still in it. I cant work and havent since 1992 but it is a personal preference to not use any labels on MYself. they serve a purpose just not to me. my marriage for whatever it is worth is really no more than in name only. 2 of the 3 offspring have publicly vehemently and viciously disowned me as a parent citing that I am too "effed up" among other things and I have not heard from nor seen either of them in many years. So yes I do understand what you are saying